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M. Ida Phares to Walt Whitman, 1888

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  • Title: M. Ida Phares to Walt Whitman, 1888
  • Date: 1888
  • Creator(s): M. Ida Phares
  • Whitman Archive ID: loc.07057
  • Source: The Charles E. Feinberg Collection of the Papers of Walt Whitman, 1839–1919, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transcribed from digital images or a microfilm reproduction of the original item. For a description of the editorial rationale behind our treatment of the correspondence, see our statement of editorial policy.
  • Contributors to digital file: Marie Ernster Cristin Noonan Amanda J. Axley Stephanie Blalock
  • Cite this page: Phares, M. Ida. "M. Ida Phares to Walt Whitman, 1888." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 09 May 2025. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
  • Source File: loc.07057.xml (TEI)
 loc_ad.00691_large.jpg see notes Nov. 10, 1888 [cut away]888 Mr. Walt Whitman, Camden, N.J. Dear Sir:—

Some four or five weeks ago I wrote you1 for your autograph, but have as yet received no reply. Will you not kindly favor me by early mail? It will be greatly appreciated.

Yours very truly, M. Ida Phares  loc_ad.00692_large.jpg

Correspondent:
M. (Mary?) Ida Phares (1863–1910) was born in Bordentown, New Jersey, in 1863; she was the daughter of Henry T. and Christianna Peppler Phares. M. Ida Phares was a stenographer, and she was employed in the Adjutant General's Office in Trenton, New Jersey. She later married T. Harry Mason (1874–1974).

Notes

  • 1. This letter has not been located. [back]
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